Improvement in cultivators



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Cultivatnrs.

No.l`5l,789, Paxemedjune 9,1874.

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' UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JOHN MCGEE, DAVID W. MCGEE, AND WILLIAM J. MCGEE, OF FARLEY, IOVA.

IMPROVEMENT lN CULTIVATORS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 151,789, dated June 9,1874 application filed october 25, 1873.

To all whom it may concern.'

Be it known that we, J oHN MCGEE, DAvII) W. MCGEE, and WILLIAM J. MCGEE,of Farley, in the county of Dubuque and State of Iowa, have invented anew and useful Improve- Inent in Gultivators, of which the following isa specification:

Figure l is a side view of my improved cultivator. Fig. 2 is a frontview of the same. Fig. 3 is a detail section, taken through the line xFig. l; and Fig. 4 is a detail section, taken through the line g/ y,Fig. 2.

This invention will first be fully described, and then pointed out inthe claim.

A is the frame of the machine, which consists of two side bars,connected by cross- B is the tongue of the machine, which is secured tothe forward and middle crossbars of the frame A. U are the outsideplowbeams, and D the inside plow beams. To the forward ends of theoutside plow-beams C are attached iron straps E, having eyes formed upontheir forward ends, to receive the horizontal parts of the U-shaped rodor long staple F, attached to the front cross-bar of the frame A. To theinner side of the forward part of each of the outside beams C, areattached the rear ends of the braces G, which incline inward, projectforward, and have eyes formed upon their forward ends, to receive theinner end of the horizontal part of the U rod or staple F, so as to holdthe outer plows vertical. To the forward end of the inner beams D arepivoted iron straps H, having eyes formed upon their forward ends, toreceive the inner vertical arms of the U bars or staples F. Upon therear end of the straps H are formed, or to them are attached, curvedstraps or bars I, the upper ends of which are pivoted to the upper endsof the inner arms of the U bars or staples F. To the rear ends of thebeams C D are attached the standards J, the draft-strain upon which issustainedby the brace-rods K. In the forward sides of the lower end ofthe standards J are formed recesses, to receive the semicylindricalplate L, attached to the rear side of the shovel M, and which has a holeformed through it to receive the bolt N, by which it is secured to thestandard J.

By extending the bolt-hole in the projection L into a transverse slot,the shovel M may be adjusted to throw the soil to the right or to theleft, as may be desired.

To the middle part of, each of the plowbeams C D is attached the lowerend of the chain O, the upper end of which is secured by means of a hookor other suitable device, to the forward edge of a board, I), which ispivoted at the ends of its rear edge to the side bars of the frame A. Toone end of the board P is rigidly attached a lever, Q, so that the plowsmay be raised and lowered by operatin g the lever Q. To the side of theframe A, op-

posite the end of the board P, is secured a Witn esses: Y

SrMEoN CLARK, WV. S. VAN BUsKIRK.

